disillusionment

Too many of us rightly feel a sense of loss, wrongly turn to politics to fill the hole in our lives, and then grow increasingly frustrated when the political process invariably fails to live up to the expectations we place upon it.

Politics Can’t Fix What Ails Us David French 5.4.2023

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Politics may be an important aspect of our lives, but as a source of personal meaning it is disastrous.

Douglas Murray • The Madness of Crowds

politics as an exercise in personal wish fulfillment rather than as a site for collective action.

José Marichal • Trust an algorithm, or trust your neighbor?

“More and more young, intellectually inclined, and politically heterodox thinkers are showing disillusionment with the contemporary faith in technocracy and personal autonomy. They see this combination as having contributed to the fundamentally alienating character of modern Western life. The chipper, distinctly liberal optimism of rationalist cult... See more

Zach Lamb • The Noetic Future of Culture and Brands

few, if any, people are satisfied with the choices they are currently presented with,

Ethan Zuckerman • Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them

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